Increasing the number of iterations make the result of a polymorphic "encryption" slightly different

Question

For a random project, I'm writing a python program that randomly generates "encryption" and "decryption" routines for strings. The resulting routines are mean to be used in

eval()

def buildRoutines(routine_len):

    instructions = ['+', '-', '^']

    pairs = {'+': '-', '-': '+', '^': '^'}

    encrypt = ""

    decrypt = ""

    random.seed()

    for _ in range(0, routine_len):

        i = random.randrange(3)

        j = random.randrange(100)

        encrypt += 'e=' + 'chr((' + 'ord(e)' + instructions[i] + str(j) + ')%255)' + ';'

        decrypt  = 'e=' + 'chr((' + 'ord(e)' + pairs[instructions[i]] + str(j) + ')%255)' + ';' + decrypt

    # Do some more stuff

    encrypt = 'a="";e=""\nfor b in c:e=b;' + encrypt + 'a+=e;'

    decrypt = 'd="";e=""\nfor b in a:e=b;' + decrypt + 'd+=e;'

    return {'encrypt': encrypt, 'decrypt': decrypt}

Up to around 50-ish iterations works fine (routine_len), but when I go above that, the result is slightly off the original string. The more iterations, the more different it is. At 150 iterations, just one or two characters are wrong.

I've been trying to figure this out, but I can't seem to fix it. It's just probably something really stupid that I'm missing.

EDIT: The value I was using to mod was wrong. Thank you everyone who replied.

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Answer 1

With %255, your max value isn't 255, it's 254. Use %256 instead.

Increasing the number of iterations make the result of a polymorphic "encryption" slightly different

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